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7/10/2014
Employment Opportunity: Program Manager, Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD), Silver Spring, MD
AUCD is currently seeking a dynamic individual to serve as a Program Manager working under the supervision of the Director, Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Technical Assistance. The individual filling this position will manage technical assistance activities of AUCD's cooperative agreement with the Maternal Child Health Bureau (MCHB).
6/25/2014
Maryland Center for Developmental Disabilities Hosts an Education Policy and Management Trainee
The Maryland Center for Developmental Disabilities (MCDD) at Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, Maryland is pleased to host an education policy and management trainee this summer.
6/24/2014
Iowa LEND Trainees Receive 2014 Alfred Healy Leadership Award in Developmental Disabilities
The Center for Disabilities and Development (CDD), a part of the University of Iowa Children's Hospital, is proud to announce that Kelly Schieltz, Ph.D. and Rachel Nash, MPH are the 2014 recipients of The Alfred Healy Leadership Award in Developmental Disabilities. The Healy Award nurtures in recipients a life-long commitment to leadership in developmental disabilities that will carry on Dr. Healy's legacy for future generations.
6/24/2014
The Mailman Center Audiology Trainees Present Their Poster "Preparing Professionals for Working with Children who are Multiply Involved"
The Mailman Center audiology trainees were fortunate enough to present their poster "Preparing Professionals for Working with Children who are Multiply Involved" at the annual Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Conference in Jacksonville in April. This poster provided information for professors, clinical preceptors, trainees, and current professionals to improve the quality of training in their respective programs.
6/20/2014
15 Years After Olmstead - Our Committment to Community Living
From The White House Blog
All indications are that we are heading in the right direction. We are working to address many of the most imposing barriers facing those who want to live on their own: finding affordable, accessible housing and improving access to quality support and services tailored to each person's goals.
5/22/2014
Documentary 'Questions of Discrimination' Examines Screening for Mental Health Disabilities
The documentary "Questions of Discrimination" portrays national and state disability advocates discussing the impact questions of "character and fitness" which screen for mental health disabilities have on applicants and diversity in the legal profession. AUCD's Andy Imparato is featured in this documentary.
5/20/2014
MCH Trainee Stories
from http://mchb.hrsa.gov
Read the stories of Lisa Mays, a University of Minnesota School of Public Health, MCH Nutrition Trainee and MPH Coordinated Masters Program student; Jason Champagne, a University of Minnesota MPH Candidate in Public Health Nutrition; and Julie Arndt, Carrie Dent, and Mikaela Robertson, Graduate students in the Coordinated Masters Program in Public Health Nutrition, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
5/20/2014
MCH-Nutrition Training Program: Grantee Information
Currently six centers of excellence are funded to provide leadership education and training for graduate-level trainees and fellows and to deliver continuing education (CE) for the MCH nutrition workforce. These centers focus on clinical and public health nutrition to improve the health of infants, children, adolescents, children with special health care needs, mothers, and their families.
4/30/2014
AUCD Now Accepting Applications for 2014-2015 Virtual Trainee
Applications due May 30th
The AUCD Virtual Trainee will use leadership skills to build relationships and communications among trainees throughout the nationwide AUCD network of UCEDDs and LENDs.
4/15/2014
LEND Trainees Attend 2014 Disability Policy Seminar
As a current LEND trainee in the field of public health, I was impressed with the collaboration between the multiple sponsor organizations. It is rare to see so many groups with differing missions come together to work towards a common goal and bring a united front when working on key policy issues.
4/15/2014
Senator Harkin Introduces 'Six By '15 Campaign'
During an evening reception at the Disability Policy Seminar, Senator Harkin officially announced the start of the "6 By '15" campaign - an national effort to work on six national goals by the end of 2015, the year that marks the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and 40th anniversary of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
